Bidokht

Bidokht
Persian: بيدخت
City
Bidokht is located in Iran
Bidokht
Bidokht
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 34°20′52″N 58°45′23″E / 34.34778°N 58.75639°E / 34.34778; 58.75639
CountryIran
ProvinceRazavi Khorasan
CountyGonabad
DistrictCentral
Population
 (2016)
 • Total
5,501
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
Bidokht at GEOnet Names Server

Bidokht (Persian: بيدخت) is a city in the Central District of Gonabad County, Razavi Khorasan province, Iran. It is 270 kilometres (170 mi) south of Mashhad.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 4,823 in 1,392 households. The following census in 2011 counted 5,348 people in 1,597 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 5,501 people in 1,719 households.

Overview

Bidokht is the seat of the Gonabadi Sufi order. In the center of the town stands Mazār-e Solṭāni, hosting the mausoleum of Solṭān-Alishāh. It is also the burial place of Solṭān-Ḥoseyn (Sultan Hussein) Tābandeh Reżā-Alishāh, (Ali Tabandeh) Maḥbub-Alishāh and Noor Ali Tabandeh Majzoob-Alishāh. In 1979 Islamic revolutionary bands desecrated the mausoleum complex.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Also romanized as Beydokht and Bīdokht; also known as Bidukh

References

  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (31 October 2024). "Shahid Ebrahim Amini Square, دهستان پس کلوت, بخش مرکزی شهرستان گناباد [Pas Kalut Rural District, Central District of Gonabad County], Gonabad County, Razavi Khorasan, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  2. ↑ "8QX4+4H6 Beydokht, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 27 February 2026.
  3. 1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان خراسان رضوی [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Razavi Khorasan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. ↑ Bidokht at GEOnet Names Server
  5. ↑ Habibi, Hassan (12 September 1990) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1369.6.21 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ‌تصویب سازمان و سلسله تابعیت عناصر و واحدهای تقسیمات کشوی استان خراسان به مرکزیت شهر مشهد [‌Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the divisions of Khorasan province, centered in Mashhad]. مرکز پژوهشهای مجلس شورای اسلامی ایران [Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. 84902ت125ک [84902T125K]. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
  6. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان خراسان رضوی [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Razavi Khorasan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  7. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان خراسان رضوی [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Razavi Khorasan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  8. ↑ Habib Borjian, “BIDOḴT”, in: Encyclopaedia Iranica Online, https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/bidokt-1